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There are actually two variants of the argument from morality
1) Everyone in the world apart from the people that don’t have the same basic moral code and as we have ruled out biological or cultural reasons. Therefore god exists
2) Wouldn’t it be awful if there was no great being in the sky to tell us that raping babies is wrong? That would mean it is wrong because we say so rather than because he does. Therefore god exists

Actually, if there is a morality where things are definitely good and somethings definitely wrong, then morality is outside of God and, in fact, God is required to follow those rules… not that he does or anything.

I can’t remember if it was here or another FtB where an apologist tried to argue that causing people to lie did not mean that God committed an immoral act. Whatever.

Would that matter in a Bronze Age patriarchal society? It’s also possible that Mary was fooling around… so we’re could be looking at adultery instead of rape.

I gather most Christians think that the Holy Ghost just waved it’s Ghostly hands and Mary was with child… NOT TRUE!!! The Holy Ghost physically manifests to have coitus with Mary:

(Matthew 1:18) Now the birth of Jesus Christ was on this wise: When as his mother Mary was espoused to Joseph, before they came together*, she was found with child of the Holy Ghost.

* came together. synerchomai συνέρχομαι (which is the same Greek word used in the Zeus seducing Leda story – when looked at closely, one finds that the bible generally contains many stories that at the core are rip offs of earlier myths from Hindu, Greek and Egyptian mythologies)

Been a while since I read this stuff… Matthew renders the story as just “His mother Mary was pledged to be married to Joseph, but before they came together, she was found to be pregnant through the Holy Spirit.” There isn’t even implied consent, nor any explanation of why they believe it to be so. That said, Luke’s version does clearly imply consent. So I guess you’re right.

Of course, it’s sort of like arguing whether or not the Trix Rabbit has a chemical or a psychological addiction, y’know?